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Netaji's birthplace to be made museum

Bhubaneswar Aug. 11. The birthplace of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, Janakinath Bhavan, at Cuttack will be converted into a national museum, official sources said today.

The Centre had sanctioned Rs 1.5 crores for the purpose, half of which had already been released.

The matter was discussed here on Saturday at a meeting of the Netaji Subash Chandra Bose National Memorial Trust chaired by the Orissa Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik.

It was also decided to change the name of the Netaji Subash Chandra Bose National Memorial Trust to Netaji Birthplace Museum Trust.

The ancestral house of Netaji at Oriya Bazar area of the city had been lying in a dilapidated condition for decades before the decision was taken to turn it into a memorial.

The renovation work was handed over to the State Archaeology Department and the work would be completed within three years in three phases.

PTI

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